“Please all, and you will please none.”

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

Vices are their own punishment.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves.

Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are.

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.